Wednesday 30 November 2016

Answers to HW


When you know you don't belong- READING:

1B   2A   3C   4B   5D   6C   7A   8C

Have you ever lived a similar experience? Or, does anyone close to you had one? PLEASE, LEAVE A COMMENT and tell us!
Grammar Bank 3B
  1. Not until years later did I realize my mistake.
  2. Never had we seensuch magnificent scenery.
  3. Not only did they dislike her, bu they also hated her family.
  4. Only when we had read his autobiography did we understand what he had really suffered.
  5. Hardly had we started to eat when we heard someone...
  6. Rarely have I read such a badly written novel.
  7. Not until the sun set did we put down our tools and rest.
  8. Not only was the hotel room depressing, but also cold/ it was cold as well.
  9. Only when it was unusually cold did they light the fire.
  10. No sooner had he gone to sleep than there was a knock on the door.
  11. ... Only then did I realize he full scale of the disaster.
  12. Scarcely had I destroyed the evidence when the police arrived.
  13. Never has he regretted the desicion he took on that day.
  14. Only when I had spoken to the manager was the problem sorted out.

Inversion?




-Visit THIS LINK to do some further practice on I wish and If only...

- Visit THIS ONE to revise WOULD RATHER

Key to READING (HOMEWORK):
  • Text 1 (From Rags to Riches...)
                  1C   2B   3E   4D   5A   8F
  • Text 2  (Does Money make you happy?) 
  •      1C    2A    3F     4B       5E


Tuesday 22 November 2016

Journey




Resultado de imagen de journey stephen mateo
Stephen Mateo

Next Monday,  28th  you'll have the chance to meet Stephen Mateo, the author of The Journey , the true story of how his father, Tomás Castellano, decided to risk his life in search of freedom far away from Franco's dictatorship. The journey he experienced would change his life forever... 

This is not only Stephen's story, it's also the story of thousands of other people who lived under the tyrannical fascist regime in the Canary Islands, it's the story of our own families, and it's part of our recent history.

If you click on the link below, you'll be able to read about the author and the book and prepare some questions to ask him.

Check out Stephen Mateo's website












TASK:::: Find out about the author and his work  by visiting his web, and prepare three/four questions to ask him, next Monday 28th.

NOTE: YOU CAN'T MISS THIS!
  


Wednesday 16 November 2016

This week Revision

SPECULATION & DEDUCTION  (unit 3A)

There are many ways of saying that something will probably or possibly happen in English.

Probable

bound to = certain: "They are bound to succeed!"

sure to
 = certain: "He is sure to win the championship."

likely to
 = probable: "We are likely to win the contract."

likely/ unlikely: "An election is likely next year." “ That’s unlikely to happen”

will definitely happen
: "There will definitely be a storm later."

will probably happen
: "They will probably take on more staff."

Be bound + to-infinitive is used to refer to future events which are certain or very likely to happen:
Kevin is stuck in a traffic jam, so he is bound to be late.
Be likely + to-infinitive and it is likely + that-clause are used for future events which are probably going to happen:
Smokers are more likely to develop lung cancer compared to non-smokers.
It is likely that he will win the race.
The modal verbs can, could, may, might, should, will, would and must  are used to show that we believe something is certain, probable or possible:
Possibility:
We use the modals could, might and may to show that something is possible in the future, but not certain:
They might come later. (= Perhaps/Maybe they will come later.)
They
 may come by car. (= Perhaps/Maybe they will come by car.)
If we don’t hurry we
 could be late. (= Perhaps/Maybe we will be late)
We use could have, might have and may have to show that something was possible now or at some time in the past:
It’s ten o’clock. They might have arrived now.
They
 could have arrived hours ago.
We use the modal can to make general statements about what is possible:
It can be very cold in winter. (= It is sometimes very cold in winter)
You
 can easily lose your way in the dark. (= People often lose their way in the dark)
We use the modal could as the past tense of can:
It could be very cold in winter. (= Sometimes it was very cold in winter.)
You
 could lose your way in the dark. (= People often lost their way in the dark)
Impossibility:
We use the negative can’t or cannot to show that something is impossible:
That can’t be true.
You
 cannot be serious.
We use couldn’t/could not to talk about the past:
We knew it could not be true.
He was obviously joking. He
 could not be serious.
Probability:
We use the modal must to show we are sure something to be true and we have reasons for our belief:
It’s getting dark. It must be quite late.
You haven’t eaten all day. You
 must be hungry.
We use must have for the past:
They hadn’t eaten all day. They must have been hungry.
You look happy. You
 must have heard the good news.
We use the modal should to suggest that something is true or will be true in the future, and to show you have reasons for your suggestion:
Ask Miranda. She should know.
It's nearly six o'clock. They
 should arrive soon.
We use should have to talk about the past:
It's nearly eleven o'clock. They should have arrived by now.
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  • Did you get stuck with GET and its uses? Then GO HERE and practise further.


  • For the use of " THE SAKE OF..." GO HERE!

Finally, improve your pronunciation with Steve MArtin :-)

Wednesday 2 November 2016

A question of time....

    These last few days we've been looking at unit 2B, which is about distancing, time and multitasking.
Please, revise grammar and vocabulary both in your student's book,  in the photocopies given -and also in your workbook!

    REMEMBER your homework for next Monday (7th) is to read the text on pages 28-29 and do exercise c) ( LEXIS IN CONTEXT) only!

Time expresions na2 unit 2 b from DULCE ROSALES

HAVE A gorgeous weekend.